Titian biography sheila hale

Being in a churlish mood, I am giving Sheila Hale's "Titian" a mere two stars despite the fact that she conducted a great deal research for the project. Like most GR readers I found the work to be a tedious bore.

Hale may lack flair as a writer but the root of the problem is the niggardly selection of illustrations. According to Hale, Titian produced 500 to 600 paintings of which roughly one half survived. Her book however contains only 32 illustrated plates.

An “excellent” biography of the Renaissance artist, drawing on contemporary accounts and recent art historical research & scholarship (Booklist).Born in the mountains above Venice in the late fifteenth century, Tiziano Vecellio—or Titian—was the.

The author has a refreshing way of presenting history.

The first definitive biography of the master painter in more than a century, Titian: His Life is being hailed as a "landmark achievement" for critically.

Sheila Hale's Titian is destined to be this century's authoritative text on the life of greatest painter of the Italian High Renaissance.

Brilliant in its interpretation of the 16th-century master's paintings, this monumental biography of Titian draws on contemporary accounts and recent art.

The reader simply gets lost reading Hale's comments on pictures which are not displayed.
The copyright of 23 of the illustrated works belong to the Bridgeman Art Library. The reader is left wondering if the publisher made some sort of a deal with Bridgeman and decide to spend very little money elsewhere.

Three chapters in Hale's book bear the titles of works for which there are no colour plates: "Bacchus and Ariadne", "Venus and Adonis", and "Venus of Urbino" . The "Venus of Urbino" does appear in